Purposes: To evaluate the effects of low frequency whole-body vibration (WBV) on degeneration of articular cartilage and subchondral bone in mice with destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM)induced osteoarthritis(OA) and mice with normal knee. Methods: Ten-week-old C57B...
Once you accept and understand the manner in which osteoarthritis can impair your quality of life, you can take steps to prepare for the worst-case scenario. Like other degenerative conditions, osteoarthritis will worsen if not managed. Many seniors continue to live healthy and active lives despite...
Prior investigations of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers of cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis (OA) suggest that trials of interventions which affect this biomarker with adequate statistical power would require large clinical studies of 1–2 years duration. We hypothesized that smaller, sho...
Chondromalacia patella is a painful joint disorder that involves the softening and deterioration of the cartilage lining the underside of the kneecap. A common nickname for the disorder is runner's knee because it mainly affects young athletes, such as runners....
In research funded by Arthritis Research UK, Professor Sue Kimber and her team in the Faculty of Life Sciences at The University of Manchester has developed a protocol under strict laboratory conditions to grow and transform embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells (also known as chondrocytes). Co...
so too have the sophistication of such biomaterials and the ways that they are used. As you’ll hear in the TED Talk, “A new way to grow bone,” scientists can use saline to create a small pocket in a person’s leg so that stem cells there grow into new bone to heal an injurt...
Aside from torn cartilage, it's probably the most common sports injury. It can happen easily in football, tennis, rugby, skiing and netball -- any sport where you may twist your knee. But you can also do it simply by stumbling off a kerb. It's also more common in women, because ...
If you do not know these terms then a quick Google search will clarify them for you. Most of these postures are not suitable for most people. Most people are not flexible enough to do most of these postures for long periods on a consistent basis without risk of incurring chronic knee ...
It seems that running can strengthen the cartilage around the knee, preventing degeneration. Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, followed 300 adults, age 50 to 79, over a decade and found that cartilage volume increased in those who exercised the most. ...
Knee Surg Sport Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012;20:1463–9.Tashiro Y, Uemura M, Matsuda S, Okazaki K, Kawahara S, Hashizume M, Iwamoto Y (2012) Articular cartilage of the posterior condyle can affect rotational alignment in total knee arthroplasty. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 20(8):1463–...